Are You There?

by Karen McCrea

If I should pick and unpick my way acrosstorn dreams spun tight over long years, if I collect the fragments and bones and artifactsand examine them diligently for signs and omens,is it enough?Shall I find you again?

If I should search the wide, wild world, from the withering Sahara to the swarming Amazon,If I salt the lakes with yearning tearsand pepper the roads with tender promises,until all my breath is ragged and I am wracked with pain,is it enough?Shall I find you again?

If I should aim for the distant speck on the violet horizon, if I should run true and straight towards you,if I walk an extra mile or two in someone else’s shoes, in everyone else’s shoes,If I am fast and bold and faithful, If I am brave and strong and good,is it enough?Shall I find you again?